How to cite?
The purpose of this page is to assist you in formatting citations and creating your bibliography. There are many different formats you can use when citing a source in a paper.
- If you are writing a paper for a class, you should use the format recommended by your professor.
- If you are writing a paper for publication, you should use the format recommended by the publisher.
Below, you will find links to citation styles and citation management tools you can use to collect, organize, and format your citations. If you have any questions, problems, or comments about citation styles or the tools recommended in this guide, please ask a librarian.
ACS Style Guide
The American Chemical Society Style Guide is often used by students in Chemistry to format their manuscripts, citations and reference lists. You should check with your professor to make sure this is the format you are supposed to use. The following links will assist you in using the ACS style format.
- ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific InformationFull-text of the ACS Style Guide. Browse the Table of Contents or the index to find the information you need.
- ACS Citation StyleQuick online guide to formatting in-text citations and reference lists in ACS format. For more detailed information, see the full ACS Style Guide. (See the link above.)
EndNote
EndNote gives you the tools you need for searching, organizing and sharing your research. It allows you to easily create bibliographies while writing your next paper with features like Cite While You Write. Maximize your time with features like finding full text for your references and automatically updating records. Whether you’re on your desktop, online, or iPad, EndNote’s syncing capabilities let you access all of your references, attachments, and groups from anywhere.
- EndNote DesktopClient-based version. Available for free to UI faculty, staff, graduate and professional students.
- EndNote BasicWeb-based version. Available for free to all UI students, faculty, and staff.
Mendeley
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research.
- Automatically generate bibliographies
- Collaborate easily with other researchers online
- Easily import papers from other research software
- Find relevant papers based on what you’re reading
- Access your papers from anywhere online
- Read papers on the go, with our new iPhone app
Zotero
Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself.
